Question

John and Sven were walking down the street when they noticed a cat being chased by a dog. Eventually, the cat ran up a tree. The dog tried and tried to climb the tree, but was unsuccessful. The dog left and the cat climbed down, safe. What is the BEST question to help John and Sven answer what just happened scientifically?

a) Why do dogs chase cats?
b) How are dogs and cats different?
c) Are cats genetically programmed to climb trees?
d) What traits allow cats to climb trees better than dogs?

Answer 1

a) dogs will chase anything that runs because 15,000 years ago dogs where used for hunting so maybe that's why the like chasing cats.
b) dogs are more of an energetic pet that you have to take outside to play with them every day
c)I would say yes because I have seen cats run and jump up to trees and fences.
d) no idea

Answer 2

The correct answer is option D. What traits allow cats to climb trees better than dogs?

Explanation:

The event that is happened in the question is stating that cats can easily climb on the tree where is dogs are not able to climb on the tree. Scientifically we can describe this incident by asking the question that could be lead to a hypothesis.

The scientific question should be - what traits allows the cats to climb the trees better than dogs? due to it includes the difference between the climbing ability of cats and dogs.

Thus, the correct answer is option D. What traits allow cats to climb trees better than dogs?